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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southwark 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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Showing the quantity of foodstuffs examined at the wharves, the amount of food to be unsound, the Notices served, and
the method of disposal of the unsound portion.
| Foodstuffs. | Quantity and Weight examined. | Weight found to be unsound. | Surrendered by Owner. | Seized by Inspector. | Notices served. | How unsound portion disposed of. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity. | Weight. | (a) Detention. | (b) Release. | |||||||||||
| T. | c. | Q. | L. | T. | c. | Q. | L. | |||||||
| Apples | 1406 boxes, 140 cases | 31 | 2 | 2 | - | 14 | 17 | 0 | 6 | Yes | - | 5 | 5 | 2 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot; 4 cwt. 2 qrs. were destroyed in a barge; 14 tons 9 cwt. 2 qrs. 22 lbs. were destroyed on the premises where found. |
| Apricots | 1141 crates | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 11 | Yes | - | 4 | 4 | 3 qrs. 10 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot and 1 ton 4 cwt. 3 qrs. 1 lb. destroyed in a railway truck. |
| Apricot Pulp | 50 casks 100 cases 12 tins | 15 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Yes | - | - | - | 3 qrs. 6 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot and 2 qrs. were destroyed in a barge. | |
| Apricots, tinned | 80 cases | 1 | 11 | 2 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | — | |||
| Asparagus | 1 crate | 24 | 24 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | Destroyed in a railway truck. | ||||||
| Bacon | 2380 bales | 238 | 12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | |||
| Beans | 3 billots | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Yes | - | — | — | Destroyed on premises where found. | ||||
| Beef | 79 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | Yes | - | 25 | 25 | Released for technical purposes. | |
| Beef, Salted | 60 barrels | 7 | 11 | 1 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Beef, tinned | cases and tins | 35 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | Yes | - | 1 | 1 | 5 tons 3 qrs. 10 lbs. were destroyed at the Council's Depot and 1 ton 3 cwts. were released for technical purposes. |
| Biscuits | 267 cases | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Blackcurrant Pulp | 181 casks 100 crates | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Blackcurrants | 100 crates 13 cases | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Bread | 54 cases | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | Yes | - | - | - | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. |
| Butter | 50 boxes 14 cases | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |||
| Casings, hog | 79 tierces | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Casings, sausage | 52 casks | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 cwt. under. "stop"1932 release | |||
| Caviare | 129 casks . . | 19 | 19 | 0 | 0 | - | Yes | - | - | - | Destroyed at the Council's Depot. | |||
| Cherries, tinned | 35 cases | 14 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Cherry Pulp | 160 casks | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Cocoa | 120 bags | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | Yes | - | 2 | 2 | 5 tons 19 cwt. 3 qrs. were destroyed at the | |||
| Condensed Milk | 1931 cases | 41 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 16 | Council's Depot and 3 qrs. 12 lbs. were destroyed in a barge; 22 tons 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 4 lbs. were released for technical purposes. | ||||
| Crab, tinned | 476 cases | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Dates | 600 cases 500 boxes | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Ducks | 114 boxes | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| 42 | 43 | |||||||||||||
| Carried forward | 644 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 23 | ||||||